Lumia Gaming Accelerator has a dll hijacking vulnerability

LuMaster Gaming Accelerator is an official game gas pedal software from LuMaster. There is a dll hijacking vulnerability in LuMaster Gaming Accelerator. Attackers can use this vulnerability to execute malicious code...

Penguin Gaming PC client suffers from dll hijacking vulnerability (CNVD-2021-08537)

Penguin Gaming is the largest mobile gaming platform under Tencent. A dll hijacking vulnerability exists in the PC client of Penguin Gaming. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious code...

Penguin Gaming has a dll hijacking vulnerability (CNVD-2021-11799)

Penguin Gaming is a mobile gaming platform under Tencent. It is located in the "connector" of the e-sports ecosystem, integrating the resources of Tencent.com, QQ Hand Games and Tencent Hublot, and cooperating in depth with professional e-sports events such as QGC and TGA. Penguin Gaming has a dl...

Penguin Gaming has a dll hijacking vulnerability

Penguin Gaming is Tencent's mobile gaming platform. It is located in the "connector" of the e-sports ecosystem, integrating the resources of Tencent.com, QQ Hand Games, and Tencent Mutual Entertainment team, and cooperating deeply with professional e-sports events such as QGC and TGA. Penguin...

Penguin Gaming has a dll hijacking vulnerability (CNVD-2021-11800)

Penguin Gaming is a mobile gaming platform under Tencent. It is located in the "connector" of the e-sports ecosystem, integrating the resources of Tencent.com, QQ Hand Games and Tencent Hublot, and cooperating in depth with professional e-sports events such as QGC and TGA. Penguin Gaming has a dl...

Penguin Gaming has a dll hijacking vulnerability

Penguin Gaming is a mobile gaming platform under Tencent. It is located in the "connector" of the e-sports ecosystem, integrating the resources of Tencent.com, QQ Hand Games and Tencent Hublot, and cooperating in depth with professional e-sports events such as QGC and TGA. Penguin Gaming has a dl...

Data Breach at 'Resident Evil' Gaming Company Widens

A ransomware attack launched against gaming company Capcom last November keeps getting worse. The company now says that the personal data of up to 400,000 of its customers was compromised in the attack — 40,000 more than the company originally thought. Capcom is a Japan-based publisher of...

Tiger Tooth Live PC client suffers from dll hijacking vulnerability (CNVD-2021-03449)

Tiger Live is a live content streaming software dedicated to a variety of entertainment, gaming, handheld games, and third-party push streams. Tiger Tooth Live PC client has a dll hijacking vulnerability that can be exploited by attackers to execute malicious code...

Leading Game Publishers Hit Hard by Leaked-Credential Epidemic

Leading gaming companies, such as Ubisoft, have become big targets for cybercriminals that aim to turn a profit by selling leaked insider-credentials tied to the top game publishers. Over 500,000 stolen credentials tied to the top 25 gaming firms were found on caches of breached data online and u...

Most-Wanted Threatpost Stories of 2020

As 2020 draws to a close, it’s clear that work-from-home security, ransomware, COVID-19-themed social engineering and attacks by nation-states will go down as defining topics for the cybersecurity world for the year. Threatpost also took a retrospective view on what readers were most interested...

Penguin Gaming PC client suffers from DLL hijacking vulnerability

Penguin Gaming PC client is the largest mobile gaming platform under Tencent. A DLL hijacking vulnerability exists in the Penguin Gaming PC client. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious code...

Qiyou Gaming Accelerator (Windows Client) has dll hijacking vulnerability

Qiyou Gaming Accelerator is a professional gaming-grade online game gas pedal. A dll hijacking vulnerability exists in Qiyou Gaming Accelerator Windows client. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious code...

'Free' Cyberpunk 2077 Downloads Lead to Data Harvesting

The hotly anticipated videogame title Cyberpunk 2077 comes out on Dec. 10, inspiring breathless countdowns from gaming publications and enthusiasts across the globe. As with all things zeitgeisty, cybercriminals are looking to cash in on the excitement, with scams that offer “free copies” while...

Capcom ransomware attack: Gaming details leaked; no ransom paid

By Deeba Ahmed Capcom has acknowledged that the ransomware attack was carried out by Ragnar Locker Gang in which the company lost sensitive data. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Capcom ransomware attack: Gaming details leaked; no ransom paid...

A week in security (November 9 – November 15)

Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we reported on multiple patch releases: from Mozillas Firefox and Thunderbird to Googles Chrome. We also had a chat with our resident experts, Adam Kujawa and John Donovan, about the future of IoT cybersecurity in our latest Lock and Code podcast episode. Lastly, w...

Nvidia Warns Windows Gamers of GeForce NOW Flaw

Nvidia is red-flagging a high-severity flaw in its GeForce NOW application software for Windows. An attacker on a local network can exploit the flaw in order to execute code or gain escalated privileges on affected devices. GeForce NOW is the brand used by Nvidia for its cloud-based gaming servic...

Scalper-Bots Shake Down Desperate PS5, Xbox Series X Shoppers

It’s a big week for gamers across the globe, with imminent, dueling releases of Xbox Series X and PlayStation PS5. However, an army of retail bots threaten to drive prices up as much as three times the retail price, putting the coveted holiday gifts well out of reach of everyday fans. Retailers...

Stuck Inside, the World Turns to Online Gaming

In my line of work, we talk a lot about traffic trends. They're usually predictable and based around certain events: a major trailer launch, Black Friday in the U.S, the Olympics. But the COVID-19 pandemic has derailed all expectations for 2020, and has itself become a noteworthy event, driving i...

Death by a Thousand Cuts: Nuisance DDoS Attacks in the Games Industry

At Akamai, we talk a lot about DDoS attacks. It's because we're pretty good at handling them. We've stopped many of the world's biggest attacks. And, while less common, they get a lot of attention. But we can also stop the world's smallest attacks. And we stop lots of them. It's these smaller...

CVE-2020-17382

The MSI AmbientLink MsIo64 driver 1.0.0.8 has a Buffer Overflow 0x80102040, 0x80102044, 0x80102050,and 0x80102054. Recent assessments: bwatters-r7 at September 09, 2020 6:09pm UTC reported: This is a vulnerability in the MSI AmbientLink Version 1.0.0.8. The vulnerability allows a regular user...